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31 THE WAY OF CHRIST'S LOVE

Lvtel wot hit any mon
hou loue hym haueþ ybounde
þat for vs o þe rode ron
ant bohte vs wiþ is wounde.
Þe loue of him vs haueþ ymaked sounde,
ant ycast þe grimly gost to grounde.
Euer ant oo, nyht ant day, he haueþ vs in is þohte;
he nul nout leose þat he so deore bohte.

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He bohte vs wiþ is holy blod;
what shulde he don vs more?
He is so meoke, milde, ant good,
he nagulte nout þerfore.
Þat we han ydon, y rede we reowen sore
ant crien euer to Iesu, ‘Crist, þyn ore!’
Euer ant oo, niht ant day, &c.
He seh his fader so wonder wroht
wiþ mon þat wes yfalle,
wiþ herte sor he seide is oht
we shulde abuggen alle.
His suete sone to hym gon clepe ant calle,
ant preiede he moste deye for vs alle.
Euer ant oo, &c.
He brohte vs alle from þe deþ
ant dude vs frendes dede.
Suete Iesu of Naȝareth,
þou do vs heuene mede.
Vpon þe rode why nulle we taken hede?
His grene wounde so grimly conne blede.
Euer ant oo, &c.
His deope wounden bledeþ fast;
of hem we ohte munne.
He haþ ous out of helle ycast,
ybroht vs out of sunne.
ffor loue of vs his wonges waxeþ þunne;
his herte blod he ȝef for al monkunne.
Euer ant oo, &c.